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To: Kolokotronis

"see if he brought any good marmalade with him"

Alas, no. Just Marmite (which is proof there is, in fact, a Hell).

One observation: the author observed that the "orthodox" (I'm going to use a little "o" here even though he uses a capital) are united on moral issues and on the centrality of the Bible. I'd have to demur on that latter part. One of the things I have found surprisingly difficult to relate to my Protestant right wing co-nut jobs, who do indeed agree with just about everything that an orthodox Catholic like thinks about moral and social issues, is the different central reference point. Mine is the Church. Theirs is the Bible. Peel it away and explain it, and at the end of the day they still make the assumption that sitting underneath it all is the Bible. But, of course, sitting underneath the Bible is the Church.

Now, no good is served by starting fights in our own camp. Under assault from the pro-deathers on every front, we Baptists, orthodox Catholics and orthodox Orthodox have to stick together. Still, it is interesting to see how the different a priori lead to almost the same place on the issues.


8 posted on 04/24/2005 7:21:25 PM PDT by Vicomte13 (Et alors?)
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To: Vicomte13

"Alas, no. Just Marmite (which is proof there is, in fact, a Hell)."

Proof positive, my friend. Just the other day I was on the phone with a client in England. The family is coming over here for some business and graduation of their son from college. The client asked if I wanted them to bring me anything and I said marmalade of a certain type and went on to make sure she had understood marmalade and not that poison of the The Evil One, Marmite! She laughed! I hope I get the marmalade!


9 posted on 04/24/2005 7:54:34 PM PDT by Kolokotronis ("Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips!" (Psalm 141:3))
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